“Spells of wetter conditions with much stronger winds are expected until towards the end of October”

Met Office forecaster Mark Wilson

"The breakdown is on Tuesday night and Wednesday. An active system will move across the UK, with the North-West seeing fairly heavy rain and gales gusting to 50mph in exposed parts, and the South-East seeing winds picking up and patchy rain.

"Spells of wetter conditions with much stronger winds are expected until towards the end of October, worst in the North-West."

MeteoGroup forecaster George Goodfellow said: "Low pressure systems look like moving in from the Atlantic to affect the country, with northern parts most likely to be wet and windy."

Meanwhile this weekend, clear skies have seen the coldest temperatures of the autumn, with the mercury plunging to -5C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire early on Saturday.